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BINARY OPERATIONS
Binary operation is one of the operations which are used in mathematics. A binary
operation on a set A is a rule that we have to assign to every pair of elements of A, a
unique element. Binary operations are cumulative and associative.
Below you could see relationship between commutative and associative binary
operation.
Commutative Law
* is said to be an associative in S if a, b S, a * (b * c) = (a * b) * c.
'+' & '.' are commutative and associative in the sets, N, I, Q, Q', R and C.
Addition and multiplication of real numbers are the examples of binary operations.
Therefore,
1. a, b N, a + b N.
2. a, b N, a.b N.
3.
Associative Binary Operation
A binary operation on any set is a rule that associate with each ordered pair of elements
in set a unique element of that set. Addition and multiplication are associative binary
operations on the set of natural numbers, integers, rational numbers and real numbers.
10 + (2 + 4) = (10 + 2) + 4
10 + (6) = (12) + 4
16 = 16 (true).
TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF BINARY OPERATIONS are the addition (+)
and multiplication () of numbers and matrices as well as composition of functions on a
single set. For instance,
On the set of real numbers R, f(a, b) = a + b is a binary operation since the sum
of two real numbers is a real number.
x * y = 1 - 2xy = 1 - 2yx = y * x
=> x * y = y * x
* is commutative.
=> x * (y * z) (x * y) * z
Thus, we can find that * is not associative on Z
x*y=1+x+y=1+y+x=y*x
=> x * y = y * x
Therefore, * is cumulative.
x * (y * z) = x * (1 + y + z) = 1 + x + 1 + y + z = 2 + x + y + z
(x * y) * z = (1 + x + y) * z = 1 + 1 + x + y + z = 2 + x + y + z
x * (y * z) = (x * y ) * z
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ROWENA E. GARCIA